Google said to be launching Google Audio soon

From Gmail to YouTube and from Voice to Maps, it seems there is hardly a service that Google isn’t in the business of providing. So we hope you can understand our somewhat lack of shock when we learned of the rumor that Google is on the cusp of releasing its own music service to be known as Google Audio. At the moment very little is know, but the big question seems to be focused on whether or not Google Audio — if it is indeed real — will provide streaming or downloadable music as it currently offers in China. Can we get an Amen for both?

P.S. This would be a nice way to counter iTunes with all of the new Android coming out. Coming up with something less bloated and less “controlled” if you know what I mean. Or maybe it will be PC based and you’ll “accidentally” download Chrome and any other number of bloat that you didn’t uncheck at your update download. LOL. Kidding. Who would be stupid enough to pull that shit?

Dadeboe

Can they do anything wrong right now!? I’m drooling for Android on vzw!

Dirk

If done right (and Google is very good at that) this would be a major step forward to free the masses of the iTunes store.

iDon’t Like iTunes.
iDon’t Like Apple’s iPhone
iDon’t Like Steve Jobs

All tell the consumer what they can have put on their devices. I can’t wait until my contract is up and I can get the droid with the Google Goodness of a true open platform music store.

Jeremiah

Why do we need ANOTHER music downloading service? Isn’t Amazon a good enough alternative if not better than iTunes as it is??

http://grooveshark.com Garbagedick

for streaming, i don’t think most people would ever need anything more than Grooveshark

See this is a PERFECT example of what should be done instead of the whining, kicking, screaming, and performing shady tricks that PALM has been doing with Pre. Instead of faking itself as an iPod and hitching a ride on someone elses product (iTunes), Google is putting out its own competing product.

The people making decisions at Palm need to be shot already. Google with Android will kill Palm, leaving it with its leeching and whiny practices behind.

Christopher Cox

@a,
How is it “nonsense” branding? Its branding is obvious and explains its service perfectly. Most casual computer users will recognize names like Calendar or Outlook, Mail over Exchange, Maps over MapPoint. Their branding is genius direct, and because it is … it works better than everything else.

My mom will spout out Google Calendar to schedule things and completely forget about Outlook because the name “outlook” is something she doesn’t connect with calendaring.

stnkyminky

“Why do we need ANOTHER music downloading service? Isn’t Amazon a good enough alternative if not better than iTunes as it is??”

because if there is $$ to be made and they can lure users away someone will do it. common sense.

boogalooboy

The way things are going, we should soon see google mortgages, google motor sales, google work, google hospitals, google roads, etc. Seriously, I dont see why people are so eager to trade one monopolistic company for another (though goodle hides behind the guise of offering “free” services), how different is having goodle run all aspects of your digital life that apple? And I guaranee if this was MS all we would hear is how evil they are and trying to control everything. Double standards and hyprocrisy at its best.

jones

@am
He said “no-nonsense” branding.

Christopher Cox

@boogalooboy,
So monopolistic is now synonymous with monopolistic? I don’t think a lot of people really know what it means to be a monopoly.

monopoly – exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices.

How is Google using its brand to force its services on the industry? Or using its name to effect industry prices? Microsoft used its name with OEMs and forced them to sell Windows on all computers. Then, when you bought a PC from DELL you were forced to buy a copy of Windows XP. And Dell was not allowed to sell laptops with an alternate operating system or lose their OEM rights. Microsoft is perfect example of using their power to force companies … a monopoly. It took lawsuits against Microsoft to change this.

Christopher Cox

Woops … I was supposed to say … so popularity is now synonymous with monopolistic?

Christopher Cox

@jones,
So he did … LOL Apologies to a. You are absolutely correct.

Paul

What does launcing mean?

luis

that’s cool I love all of googles services this might just even smash iTunes ( praying it does) I got a feeling amazon mb3 might be the platform for google audio. Since they and google seem pretty close that’s what I think

luis

oops typo LOL mp3 there LOL

K

Launcing?

luis

hey google will be running the world in no time LOL I mean everyone that own or uses a computer uses a google service daily. Google has us hooked on them we need them or atleast one of there services daily LOL

yss

@Christopher Cox,

You must work for Google, either directly or indirectly, or should check out this link naive definition

@yss,
I’m still waiting for you to tell me how its a monopoly. Incapable? Just because a brand is popular and has its tentacles everywhere, it does not make it a monopoly. I don’t work for Google, but you obviously don’t know what it means to be a monopoly in relation to the corporate world.

So it’s common for you to place assumptions or make attacks to cover your inability to properly understand something? Tell me, since you are not naive … how is Google a monopoly? If you are going to say they are a monopoly because they are everywhere, my reply will be calling you an idiot.